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John BoyneHistorical Fiction · Fiction·b. 1971
A Ladder to the Sky
Maurice Swift is a charming, ambitious young writer who builds a literary career by plagiarizing and manipulating the stories of those around him. Told through a shifting narrative structure, the novel follows his rise from a struggling writer to a celebrated author, and the consequences of the deception he carries with him. The story is a satire of the literary world, told with a darkly comic edge.